Biafra
\bja.fʁa\
The verdict
“Biafra” is uncommon French (frequency #71,286 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,286
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Région du sud-est du Nigeria.
Corpus desk
Index FR-biafra · Biafra · French
Biafra · rank #71,286 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,286
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH bidou
Nearest frequency peer: bidou (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Biafra »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bengals
bengals
28,719 corpus weight
- Besnier
Besnier
28,718 corpus weight
- Bessarabie
Bessarabie
28,717 corpus weight
- Biafra
Biafra
28,715 corpus weight
- bidou
bidou
28,714 corpus weight
- bigarrée
bigarrée
28,713 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Biafra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Biafra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bja.fʁa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Biafra » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Biafra is uncommon French at frequency #71,286 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \bja.fʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Biafra has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Biafra, spelled B-I-A-F-R-A.
Definition
- 1Région du sud-est du Nigeria.
- 2République du Biafra.
- 3Royaume d’existence incertaine de la côte orientale du golfe de Guinée, mentionné sur les cartes du XVIᵉ au XVIIIᵉ siècles, à l’est de l’embouchure du Cross, et au nord de l’embouchure de la Malimba, qui le sépare de la côte du Gabon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Biafra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Malgré ce déséquilibre alimentaire, on ne rencontre pas dans les camps thaïlandais, ni même dans les pays d’Extrême-Orient, de malnutritions extrêmes telles qu’on en a vues au Bengla-Desh, au Biafra et dans le Sahel, dans des tableaux de kwashiorkor qui sont l’occasion de photos mémorables pour les journalistes.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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